The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 1

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Peete MON aEseted | Series of Conflagrations Does Much Damage in Washi ' PYROMANIACS A THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928 ESTABLISHED 18738. ‘SUSPECTED OF SETTING FIRES Five Major Blazes Interspersed ‘With Many Smaller Ones and False ‘Alarms FIREMEN SEND FOR HELP Large Industrial Plants and Lumber Yards Placed Un- der Guard Today ‘Washington, 17.—(AP)— Fire ext tlirm fe, niger raed with several minor ones and a few false ones, threw the national ng Jan. tal into a state of turmoil last night and early today. and 1.d the pol to believe firc bugs were at work in the national capital. i The conflagrations, the first of which began shortly beforé mid- night, continued until after 9 o'clock this morning, bringing apparatus from many nearby Virginia and Maryland cities and towns to aid an exhausted Washington crew, and starting a wide sexrch for suspects believed to have deliberately set fire to the places and to have turned in false alarms to divert the fire fighters. ‘he first man takin in the hunt ‘was a temporery prychopathic oA tient at Walter Reed hospital. He gave the name of John Jacob Fisher, 29 years old. On his per- son was found a fire badge of the ~ town of Fallsburgh, N. Y. He wes held for investigation Fisher was arrested after three men said they ned observed him} acting suspiciously at a fire box in the Eckington section, where a grain elevator was burned, No Casualties Reported , So far as officials knew this morn- ing, there were no casualties during the night, although @ score of fire- men were overcome by smoke. First estimates of damage ran into hun- dreds of thousands of dotlars. The first fire was in the four- story building occupied by the cit; second largest F. W. Woolworth company store, on Pennsylvania ,avenuc between” Ninth-:and Teuth streets, ‘The second was-at Tenth and B streets, where a cluster of produce stores burned. Two others were in the northeast Washington, one near North Capitol and H streets, a grain store near the capi- tol and the other. in the Eckington district near Fourth and Q streets where a grain elevator burned. The fifth major blae yas in a lumber yard at‘Fourteenth and W Streets, northwest. Police said they hal no information indicating that the lumber y: cendiary origin, as they believed the others to have been. Fire Bugs Responsible Hurried investigations by Fire Marshal Seib and Assistant Police Superintendent William Shelby led them to the belief that one or more fire bugs started four of the major y were not certain about dozen others, nor could they explain the numerous false alarms that disorganized the fire fighting machine and kept firemen on a con- stant procession dui the night, Two men, re; to have from the sckne of one of the fires automobile, were sought today by the police. Other policemen were Pl on guard at large industrial ants, lumber yards and other es- blishments’ that might le: selves easily to flames, From before midnight until nearly daybreak, fire companies rushed about the capital with the greatest activity since the Knickerbocker theatre collapsed some years ago. Residential sections were in a con- ‘stant hubbub of excitement and hun- of tel jone calls swamped Newspaper and city government of- fices seeking information. , Many Firemen Overcome Firemen fell so rapidly under the stifling smoke at the Woolworth sore and at the produce stores, where scores of live chickens burned, that ambulances were not able to carry them all to the hospital. An emer- gency first aid station was estab- lished close to the fires and many (Continued on page two) _—— ee Weather Report | o> egmeretare at 7 a.m. WEATHER FORECAST Bismurck vicinity: y. Not blaze was of in-}- TO WRITE ‘FINS’ TO SMITH CASE’ Reed Committee Recommends That Illinois Solon’s Seat Be Declared Vacant SMITH WILL ‘STAND PAT’}. Refuses. to Resign—Friends Contend Senate Cannot Set Aside Election declared vacant, but decided to postpone the vote on i¢ until t le "Chetrmn Shores, of the elections committee, and Sena- tor Borah, Idaho, wanted additional time in ot the proceedings belore, the fore special slush fund committee 10 days ago when Smith de- clined to submit himself furth- er to the jurisdiction of the senate, Washington, Jan. 17.—()—The senate set out today to write finis to the case of Fri L. Smith of Ili ing denied the oath of office, re- fused to submit: himself to the jur- isdiction of the slush fund commit- tee or to avail himself of the oppor- aay. to be heard on the senate oor. ian the Reed ath Fact ceived @ report recommend nqrorit seat ohoartae vacant be- cause durit imary he more than of public ms of Illinois which’ were the jurisdiction of the from, nois commerce commission, of which Smith. then. was was almos' senate leaders hi vote could be of the day. ith that a final ld before the end Its ‘adoption was re- garded as a. fore; conclusion. After setting forth that contri- butions to Smith’s primary contest totaled $458,782, and that of this sum $203,000 was donrted by offi- cials of public utility organiza- tions, the resolution said: Contrary to Sound Policy “Resolved that’ the acceptai and expense of the vario sums aforesaid in behalf of the can- wd public’ policy, is contrary to sot pul Policy, harmful to the dignity and honor serpeteian of tage green and rpetuity of ment a Taints with fraud and corruption the credentials for a seat in the senate resented oa the said Frank L. Bmith; and be it further “Resolved, that the said Frank L. Smith is not entitled to take the oath of office and is not entitled to membership in the senate of the United States, and that a vacancy exists in the representation of the state of Illinois in the United States senate.” The Senate's: Purpose was urpose sena' serve upon the authorities Illinois that the senate election of Smith as ited ‘Continued on page two) COMMITTER SIDBTRACKS .| idge today HOMEWARD AFTER RECEIVING GREAT Charles Evans Hughes and Other American Delegates to Pan-American Congress Remain Behind — Cuban Newspapers Term Coolidge’s Speech ‘Clarion Call to Better Understanding and Friendship’ Havana, Jan. 17.—(AP)—Cuba said bon to President Cool- him back to his country with tl gteates| to the visi head of a foreign nation. He steamed out into the oeean on the cruiser M f amity—the first ever delivered in person by an American executive on Latin Amer- ican shores. The first glint of day historic Moro Castle overlooking the Havana harbor as Mr. and Mrs, Cool- idge said adios to their hosts in the Gul national and started their homeward journey. The Mem- phis left promptly for Key West where re nigel will ‘board a special in waiting his arrival there for the return trip to Wash- ington. One formal stop at Jack- sonville has been scheduled for Wed- nesda’ . ~ Heghon’ Rerasine in Havana Behind, the president left Charles Evans H ge Bee delegation to the Pan- American congress which Mr. Cool: tan yesterday, amid an in- those who heard the peech Mr. Hughes and his colleagues: will represent the ference which is’ rasettie ted ‘ast about six * pace ie the president home- wit afternoon. Mr. Coolidge int be back at his deck Thtesder secre: it was shortly after 7 o'clock this morning that President and Mrs. Coolidge and their party left Havana aboard the Cruiser sig con- yed by the Battleship Texas and destroyers, Arrangements ‘made’ last night with the port captain gave the presi- *jdent special aid in the steaming out nce | of us Havana harbor and a double file of soldiers this morning lined the streets from the presidential palace to the embarkation point. 21-Gun Salute Fired As the president's ship passed Moro Castle point, a salute of 21 (Continue “ on -age two) SRD ATTEMPT TOSET RECORD IN AIR FAILS Tce Forms in 20 Minutes New York, Jan. ‘11 ——Iee- nerusted s, which frustrated a berlin to a flight duration regarded by him as an record, are explantion disappearance we need in a in Wansadiantic organization will get behind this} airplanes attempts. berlin, forced out of the air and Seschalt hours ager te record, 'y lane to the ground 700 rounds ef ice, pened in all good many peared in mer” . Plans for duration record will de; ‘Upon ar- canbe whe to a two-month lecture Chamberlin is ir it ever paid in nevaie| have come in contact, feel that if ~ ACCLAIM ON VISIT TO CUBAN CITY FARGOANS ARE NOT OPPOSED TORLEVATOR If Farmers Want Terminal Ele- vator There, Business Men Not Against It “Citizens of Fargo, with whom I terminal elevator is wanted b the farmers of the state of No Dakota, and they feel that it will be of service to them to have such an elevator located in Fargo, I aul ea) Rac Span be no opposi on the part of the Fargo business men,” W. P._ Chestnut, Chamber of secretary of rgo e over | Commerce, has written Governor A. G. Sorlie in answer to a letter writ- ten by. the chief executive, in which he asked concerning the sentiment of the Fargo organization in re- gard to the establishment of a ter- minal elevator there, as recomm< ed in the governor's fire to the special session of the legislature. “There is a strong sentiment inst state-owned industries,” Chestnut continued, “but at the same time the citizens of this city want to do the thing that is going to be of the greatest amount of ines to the state of Notth Da- Discussed at Meeting Ao Chestnut said that an answer tl layed a day because of the fact that a meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce was held Friday night and he: wanted to bring the matter up at that time. “In addition to securing a great deal of sentiment on this proposi- tion before the meeting last night, the maj governor's letter was de-} mad Session Likely to Finish Work Today SENATE PLANS |PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ‘STARTS TRIP ADOPTION OF JOINT REPORT FINAL -ACTION Its Acceptance Blocks All at- tempts to Pass Legislation of Any Kind HOUSE VOTE IS 80 TO 30 20 Nonpartisans Join With 60 Independents to Accept Committee’s Report Adjournmeni: of the special ses- stot of the North Dakota legisla- ture was forecast for this afternoon or tonight in view of the action by by the house today in ‘adopting the Teport of a lg jouse and senate committee which was appointed to msider the governor's message. H house vote on accep! the re- Port was 80 to 30 with three Non- partisans absent. Adoption of the committee's report effectively blocked’ all ‘atte spts to paps legislation of any kind at this “sion and sent into the discard 14 ; Bilis or resolutions which h-d been offered during the course of the session. Among the latter were sit: which wero presented Monday by the ad- ministration and designed to carry out the recommendations’ made by the governor in his message. No Fight Made Although a number of members explained their votes, no fight on the joint committee’s report was made this morning and no attempt was le to amend it. A contest had been expected in some quarters but the matter was put to a vote before | one Persons realized what had hap- pened. |" A suggestion by cor 0. E. Erick- son, Kidder county, that the report be adopted section by section met with little apparent favor and he did not press ‘the matter. he}. nty Nonpertisans voted . to club, would like to have you write us a letter stating whether or not the Commercial Club is willing to get behind the plan for the termin- al elevator at Fargo. You have no doubt read my message for the special session in which I have urged that a terminal elevator be located at Fargo to take care of the southern half of the state. I have asked for this because I be- lieve it is absolutely needed. “I would like to hear from you by return mail if possible, so that I may know whether or not my sug- gestions meet with the approval of the citizens of Fargo and the mem- bers,of the Commercial Club.” Letter to Milloy Governor Sorlie also addressed a letter to James S. Milloy, secretary Greater North Dakota asso- ‘ing whether or not that associat endorsed the program which he presented to the legisla- ture. This. letter, an answer to which has ngt yet been received, follows: “As secretary of the Greater North Dakota association you are) interested in making this state | ter in every respect. That, flies, is the aim of your or-| ganization. f { 7 Clavmce D. Cham-| ture at the special session, whi i “In my_ mes: to the legisla | ou have no doubt read, I have | ied to bring out the things that forth Dakota. If your; movement you can give wonderful assistance in making a greater North Dakota. No Politics Mentioned _ “There is not a word of politics in my message, so it should not prove objectionable to. your organi- zation, which is not a political or- the report “the Indepan Tho hunt for the slayer of five-year-old Dorothy Schneider of Flint, Mich., ended last night when Adolph Hotelling of Owosso, Mich., 47, con- The girl’s mutilated body was found in a pool after @ search that began when Dorothy failed to come home from school. The picture above shows Dorothy's mother and her father Ainset), with Dorothy (left) and her three-year-old brother, Kenneth. SP Ee NET neues ep aM ATS AeA iS RR ORM SOLONS HAVE POWER TO MAKE SPECIAL | SESSION MOST CONSTRUCTIVE IN N. D. HISTORY, SORLIE SAYS IN RADIO TALK féssed the kidnaping and murder. ent waeey was solidly. i: favor of F the proposal. In suggesting action on each sec- tion of the report, Erickson contend- ed that the special joint committee had usurped the powers of the legis- lature. as a whole by recommending | adjournment without considering any lcgislation. Roll. Call Taken Speaker Carr declared the report adopted by an “aye” aid “nay” vote before an argument really could get started. A roll call was taken, how- ever, upon the suggestion of L. L. Twichell, Cass county, majority floor leader. 3 Those voting for the adoption of the report were: Aljets, Bell, Boeckel, Bohnsack, Brown of Adams, Brown of Stuts- man, Rubel, Burns, Butt, Cox, Dick- erson, Ehr, Ellingson, Elkin, Erick- son of McLean, Ferris, Fettig, Flom, Fowler, Freeman, Frojen, Gudme- stad, Halcrow, Hauge, Helbling, “ (Continued on page two) DR D.C. DARROW GETS NEW TRIAL Supreme Court Reverses Ver- dict of Cass County Court in Murder Case Reversing the Cass county dis- trict court, the state supreme court today ordered a new trial in the case of Dr. D. C. Darrow, Fargo, sentenced to a 13% year term in the state prison following his con. viction on a charge of second degree murder. 3 Darrow was convicted of ¢ the death of Jessie Stejskal, head, Minn., on June 30, 1925, by an illegal operation. ganization. “What I would like from you is a letter stating whether or not you endorse any program, and whether or not a are willing to help mar- (Continued on page two) (tempt at the | McNary-Haugen Bill Is Before Committee Washi: Jan. 17.—(?)—The scheduled to tomorrow. Wien 5 ye McNary - Haugen bill took its fa- Position todey as th e -busi- ness before the house agricultural committee, his farm relief measure, a fight- issue in both houses cf congress, The court held. that argument of counsel to the jury is a part of the trial and that the judge must p2 resent. when it is made. no court without a judge, tha, supreme court held, and if the judge is absent for any length of time there is a mistrial. Failure to ob- ject to the judge's departure from the bench during a trial ia no bar to an appeal on that ground, the de- cision held. In cases where a second degree murder charge is predicated on an illegal operation, the court held, the state’ must prove that the opera- tion was not necessary to save the life of the person undergoing the and the defendant is un- the one | Gor me ‘obligation to prove that the 07] { Marks on Tape Used to Slay .Betty Chambers Same as + + Those of Her'Friend Chicago, Jan, 17.—Comparison of fingerprints on tape used in the slaying of Betty Chambers last Thursday with those of Mrs. Doris Hempill Kirk, friend of the slain ‘woman, today opened a new avenue of inquiry into the death of the! young woman. The fingerprints of Mrs. Kirk, who was arrested as a suspect, were identical with those ‘ound on ar- ticles in the dead girl’s room. She explained that she had bound a cut on Betty's finger with tape several | days ago. james Kirk, husband of the Iowa irl, and Al Bregar, who told of liv- ing with Betty. some time ago, also were held for. further questioning. The slain woman was said to be a ler of a gang of gem thieves. She lived under the nam of Mrs, Gordon Chambers. . Police are seek- ing. the man who posed as her hus- Miss Kirk told police she shop-lifter, and declared that it wi ae her acquaintance with Mr: Chambers that she learned to steal. She told of studying music in Es- therville. Church music “didn't get me anywhere,” she said. Out in the world a while, she was employed as a manicurist and actress, she said. Smith College Girl Is Still Missing Northampton, Mi Jan. 17.~ (AP)—Conflicting tips and rumors poured in today on college and po- lice authorities as they continued their search for Miss Frances St. John Smith, Smith college fresh- man and daughter of a New York Sout who disappeared last Fri- Reports of the appearance of Miss Smith came from as widely separat- ed places as Portland, Maine, and Hartford, Conn., while friends of the family were quietly conducting an investigation in New York city near her home. . A suicide theory was discarded by State Detective Joseph Daly, who said he could find no possible mo. tive, while a report that Misa Scott | Smith’s room had been scented by assist the city attorney in a case involving the disposal of sew: and euthority to em; & argo e ‘to assist the Jamestown city at. sheid. that the what was described as a chemical odor was ex! when college au- thorities made public the fact that the girl had been on a diet in which oranges in liberal quantities had been prescribed. They attributed the that] odor to the oranges. . CHAMPAGNE AND WINE CHAMP NNED Expresses Hope That Legisla- tors Will Forget Political) Alignments and Work Out Problems For Best Interests of State in Talk Prepared For Grand Forks Radio Sta- tion “TI believe that if the legislature will work out the problems that have been placed beforc it, this spe- cial session will go down in history as the most constructive assembly ever held in North Pakota, i Governor A. rlie in a p address which was read 01 station KFJM at Grand Forks last night as a part of the program ranged by the State Federation | Women’s clubs. Governor _Sorlie | had planned tc give talk in per- son but was unable to go to Grand Forks for the occasion because of the press of business here. Scheduled to speak on “The North Dakota Legislature in Action,” the governor told of the recommenda- tions which he had made to the spe- cial session, dwelling especially on the need of better marketing facili- ties for North Dakota products. “As individuals the members of our legislature are all good, honest, well-intentioned men and women, and I believe that if they were left to themselves to work out North Da- kota’s problems there would be no question about results,” the gover- or said. Political Alignments Interfere “Qutie often it happens that po- litical alignments interfere with our legislators being themselves,” he continued. “For this special session I hope our legislators will forget litical alignments: and __ politics i general, and work ou‘ the various problems of our state as they would work out their own personal prob- lems, and I believe that this is what our legislature is going to do. __ “There is not one word of politics in my message to the legislature. It is, I beli a constructive mes- sage, aimed at developing the re- sources of our state. and improvin, our methods of marketing North Dakota’s products. Ours is @ very young state and until quite recently our marketing, along with our af- fairs in general, has been in the hands of people outside the state, comnegneT ly our marketing has not been develo lor the best interests of the people of North Dakota. Marketing Facilities Needed “We need facilities in North Da- kota for marketing our products for their superior quality, and for put- mon the market i Not much change Aes ; UNABLE TO GIVE ANY REASON FOR KILLING WOT Adolph Hotelling Is \ From Flint Jail After Mak- ing Confession \ OWOSSO CONTRACTOR CONFESSES KIDNA ngton Nation-wide Hunt For Girl’s Slayer Ends | ‘TAKEN TO STATE PRISON | Man's Outstanding Character. istic Was His Apparent Piety —Deacon in Church Flint, Mich, Jan. 17.—(@)—~ Adolph Hotelling, a 47-year-old church deacon of Owosso, Mich., has confessed kidnaping, sla: A and dissecting the body of le Dorothy Schneider, but why he did it is, by his confession, as income prehensible to him as to the au- thorities. q , pts fechas had poets time. ; ‘0 ponder over motives last night, because Hotelling’s arrest was fol- lowed by such an outburat of public indignation that all the i of police was needed to save ‘Hotell- ing from mob violence. The Flint jail was found no safe | place for him, a mob forming al- © most as soon as word of the arrest spread. Hotelling was taken secrete ly from the jail, driven by motor \ car under heavy guard, to the state capital, Lansing, and finally, short. © ly after midnight, locked in a cell at the state reformatory at Iona. ” Mob Charges Jail No sooner had the cavalcade of state police and sheriff's officers cleared the Flint city limits with their prisoner last night than es mob of 10,000 persons charged the jail, seeking to wrest Hotelling eet the milton by git ie assault was met tear ‘ bombs hurled into the mob by | guards, Brickbats and a few shots were the mob’s answer. increasing strength of the attack- ers led to the calling out of the na- tional guard which succeeded ace the streets shortly after, father of five ‘chi \ and an active worker in the robes aroused suspicion by it diss cussion of Schneider case, and at one time said, ponte were that he could lay his hands on the child’s slayer. Denies Charges at First When officers went to his home Hotelling- at first denied the charges. He broke down and con- fessed, the officers asserted, after being identified by a farmer who had helped him extricate an auto- mobile from a mud hole near the place where Dorothy Schneider's body was found. The automobile which was used for the kidnaping was found at the Hotelling place. It had been freshly repainted. Hotelling’s confession, as given out, said that he stopped the child while she was returning from kin- dergarten at Mt. Morris, near here. Hotelling said he was in Flint at the time looking for work. “I don’t know what came over me,” the confession said. “I was driving along and saw. Dorothy. I got her into the car thinking I would take her home. She cried. I drove her to the Snyder road (the road in which his car be- came mired) and carried her part way across the field. She still cried and wanted to go home. She said she would tell her father, so I pulled out my knife and stabbed her twice, “I had been thinking night after night of the Hickman case. turning. over in my mind the details of the crime.” Attacked Children Before The possible Sesring ot ie.) Hick man ‘case was pel ‘+ pow lice said, when Hotelling confessed to similar AGERE ed gaye one a period of years. Two of these at< tacks, according to officials, oc- curred in Owosso. One was on two-year-old child and the other on an_eight-year-old Hotelling’ boy, the son of a Mich., settler, said, worked on his ‘Conti FRENCH FLYERS START LONG